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The motorcade returned to Bishop International Airport near Flint at 2:48.
Vance boarded before the press van came to a stop. We will be taking off soon.
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Steven Nelson
New York Post
Signal/cell: 202-805-0625
The motorcade began rolling back toward Flint's airport at 1:55.
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Steven Nelson
New York Post
Signal/cell: 202-805-0625
Vance spoke after the crowd chanted "JD! JD!"
He opened joking that his young son recently told him that Michigan was the "M-word" and shouldn't be said, in apparent reference to his Ohio roots.
Vance spoke about the decline of manufacturing in Michigan and Ohio due to what he described as indifferent political leaders.
"It was not just Democrats. It was everybody," he said, adding to applause that President Trump w…
The pool entered the hangar hosting the rally as Mike Rogers was speaking. John James was up next.
There are at least several hundred people here, many of whom are wearing MAGA hats, which were tossed into the crowd just before Vance took the stage. A Navy VA-45 jet is to the side of the stage.
Vance's speech started at 1:17. You can follow along on C-SPAN:
https://www.c-span.org/event/campaign-2026/michigan-gop-can…
POTUS boarded Air Force One at 11:39 am. He pumped his fists as he reached the top of the stairs.
Cheers,
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy
White House correspondent
USA TODAY
Reached JBA at 11:35. . POTUS is gaggling. Says Ken Paxton deserves to win.
Cheers,
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy
White House correspondent
USA TODAY
The motorcade reached CHI Aviation in Howell at 12:46.
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Steven Nelson
New York Post
Signal/cell: 202-805-0625
The motorcade is rolling at 11:10 am. Your pooler didn't have a clear view of POTUS getting into the Beast.
Cheers,
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy
White House correspondent
USA TODAY
Your pooler noticed some small silver stars hanging off delicate strings from the South Portico's Truman balcony. Those could be blown away with Marine One activity on the South Lawn and seem to be the reason for the motorcade to JBA. There are no decorations on the lawn itself.
Still holding in vans at the White House.
Cheers,
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy
White House correspondent
USA TODAY
Good morning,
I'll be your out-of-town pool reporter today for POTUS's trip to Texas. He will be rallying in Corpus Christi and Lubbock.
The POTUS is motorcading to JBA so as not to disturb Halloween decorations in the South Lawn.
The pool loaded into vans at 10:34.
Cheers,
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy
White House correspondent
USA TODAY
Good morning,
I'll be your out-of-town pool reporter today for POTUS's trip to Texas. He will be rallying in Corpus Christi and Lubbock.
The POTUS is motorcading to JBA so as not to disturb Halloween decorations in the South Lawn.
The pool loaded into vans at 10:34.
Cheers,
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy
White House correspondent
USA TODAY
Vice President Vance exited Air Force Two at 11:55.
The motorcade is rolling to the venue.
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Steven Nelson
New York Post
Signal/cell: 202-805-0625
Air Force Two landed at Bishop International Airport outside Flint at 11:45 after an uneventful flight.
Here's a transcript of the gaggle at JBA:
Vance: "Good morning, everybody. I got to be brief here because the president's about to leave from the White House. So excited to go to Michigan today. The president's going to head to Texas, and look, we're just trying to remind people that the choice is between an agend…
I will provide a transcript of Vance's JBA gaggle when we land. In the meantime, here's an Otter link:
https://otter.ai/u/NGnUo7352hjDdcrzBuQ-gVPxXis
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Steven Nelson
New York Post
Signal/cell: 202-805-0625
Good morning from JBA.
Vice President Vance disembarked Marine Two at 10:20.
He spoke briefly about the Senate races in Michigan and Alaska.
Apologies, but the transcript will come when we land. No major news.
We will be wheels up soon en route to Michigan, where Vance will speak in Howell outside Detroit.
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Steven Nelson
New York Post
POTUS entered the Residence and a lid was called at 11:55
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Hans Nichols
Brief ninety second gaggle under the wing upon arrival at JBA.
The president was asked about former FBI Director James Comey being charged by the Justice Department for a third time.
Trump: "No, I don't know too much about it. I just heard about it."
"I think he's a dirty cop, James Comey, but I know nothing about it."
He began the gaggle by talking about his trip to Mississippi and praising Sen. Cynthia Hyde-Smith.
Taxing now. Scheduled to motorcade back to WH.
No visitors to our lay-flat beige den. MNF reception was pixilated at times. Clear now, like the Eagle’s defeat.
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Hans Nichols
Joint Base Andrews, Maryland
AF2 was wheels up from Topeka at 6:48 pm CT and wheels down at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland at 9:48 pm ET. Uneventful flight, again.
VPOTUS stepped off AF2 at 10:01 pm and headed straight toward M2. The helo was rolling for departure as of 10:05 pm.
That’s it for me. Good night!
Seung Min Kim
The Associated Press
(202) 579-2652
Marine One touched down at Fred W. Smith International at 7:29.
Under a moon one day shy of its full Hunter’s glory, POTUS climbed out of the helicopter and walked to the steps of the plane. Small, rippled clouds above.
Salute to airmen at base. An acknowledgment to the pool but no gaggle.
Pool boarded at 8:35 and we are taxing at 8:40. Wheels up shortly.
And I believe I skipped over note #9, for reasons that are no…